A CONTINENTAL MARKET ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL BASIN
A CONTINENTAL MARKET ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL BASIN

SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A CONTINENTAL MARKET ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL BASIN
Second quarter 18th century
With a probably French double coat-of-arms under a large coronet, each coat quartered and all shown against aqua and gilt scrollwork suspending a pink tassel, an inner border of iron-red and gilt diaper interrupted by lotus panels and the rim with fruiting and flowering vine in famille rose colors, the exterior decorated with famille verte still-lifes of fruit, flowers and auspicious emblems beneath a lambrequin border
12 5/8in. (32.1cm.) wide

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